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• Some users have even managed to earn a living through the app.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
• The trick was to figure out how to earn a living being an artist.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
• Many graffiti artists would love to earn a living from their work.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Most authors don’t earn a living from writing books.
  — Maris Kreizman september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
• With no way to earn a living and no home since gangs torched her house, her children are scattered.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
• Horn contends that the harm was to his ability to earn a living.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
• Day care needs to be affordable so these mothers can earn a living.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
• Her mother was poorly paid and struggled to earn a living wage.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• People who have lost homes and loved ones in the earthquake must now worry about how to earn a living.
  — Benjamin Soloway, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• No one should be put in unsafe circumstances while trying to earn a living.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
• People are working to earn a living in exchange for their best efforts.
  — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
• Today, 74% of young adults in North Texas don’t earn a living wage.
  — United Way Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• Side hustles have become one of the best ways to earn a living to keep up with economic pressures.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
• When prices are low, these measures help protect farmers, most of whom do not earn a living wage in Ghana.
  — thehustle.co, 12 Apr. 2024
• The benefit is not just to the tourist, but to residents who often can earn a living from tourism.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• In some cases, that can be enough for a supplemental income stream, but few earn a living wage.
  — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024
• Many service workers have come to depend on gratuities to earn a living.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Many returnees will need housing, psychosocial support and a way to earn a living.
  — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 4 Oct. 2021
• His plan was to teach, but the job market had cratered, forcing him to return to his first love — locksmithing — to earn a living.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
• All workers now earn a living wage that starts at $20 an hour, according to the agency.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• Her parents are migrant workers who are miles away trying to earn a living for the family.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
• Mining, agriculture, and logging were the only ways to earn a living.
  — Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
• The company says 66% of workers earn a living wage — enough to meet basic needs plus a bit more.
  — Matthew Kish, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2026
• Having robots do all the work for us sounds great, but in reality, most people need a job to earn a living.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• His father struggled to earn a living as a soccer player, so Pelé grew up in poverty.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
• With factories and companies shut down for months, none of the daily wage labourers had any means to earn a living.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Pierre said even though the cruise ship tourists didn’t come to the city itself, there are a lot of vendors who depend on cruises to earn a living.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• Olsen talks about how the grind of having to earn a living, the drag of figuring out home care for young kids, has worn female writers down.
  — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
• Musk is also not blind to the potential downsides of a society without the need to earn a living.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
• This ban effectively ends my ability to earn a living as an Uber driver.
  — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026